Library to big

i have alot of photos and it taks some time for iphoto to load up my libary. i heard of creating two or more libraries, is this possible, will it speed things up and how do you do it?
i mac Mac OS X (10.4.2)

budgell,
You can create as many libraries as you want using just iPhoto. To create a new library, hold down the Option key as you launch iPhoto. Click "Create Library" give it a name, and when you open iPhoto it will be to a new, empty library. iPhoto opens the last library you used by default, so to switch to another one Option-Launch again, click "Choose Library" and navigate to the iPhoto Library folder that you want to use.
The advantage to using iPhoto Library Manager is that it offers quick switching between libraries. Plus it is the only way to transfer photos between libraries while preserving iPhoto metadata (titles, keywords, ratings, albums, etc). Without it, you have to export photos out of one library and import them into another, which removes the photos from the database information.
Regards.

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